The western line, affected by flooding and mudslides, will resume but limited train service from Wednesday morning. “Efforts over the past few days have made it possible to access the ‘old’ western line again as a single track tomorrow,” ÖBB announced in a broadcast on Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, Central Railway’s travel warning remains in effect till Thursday.
Two long-distance trains will run between Vienna and Salzburg every hour, Westbahn said in a press release. Additionally, Vienna-Westbahnhof and St. There is limited local traffic between Pölten, which is emphasized in relation to the western route. More recently there was a blockade between St. Valentine (Amstetten district) and Vienna. A railjet now departs from Vienna Central Station every hour (first train at 7.55am, then every hour) and a Westbahn train (first at 6.38am, then every hour) from Vienna Westbahnhof. In the opposite direction from Salzburg to Vienna, the ÖBB train departs at 5:11 am, the first Westbahn train at 5:52 am.
Local trains will also resume running between Amstetten and St Valentine from Wednesday. The ÖBB announced that it could only predict when the entire western line could be reopened after a detailed assessment of the damage.
The Franz Josef Railway will be fully accessible again from Wednesday. Then train operations could be resumed on the Eastern Railway; The route is open to long-haul traffic and local traffic between Vienna and Budapest.
In Northern Railway, “necessary short-term interruption” cannot be ruled out. The situation around the opening of dams in the Czech Republic is being monitored as the passage from Ankern to Bernhardtsthal increases in volume in March.